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Then you and your household will eat in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice with all the things you have made by your own effort[a] and with which he[b] blessed you.

“You must not act as we have been doing here today, where everyone acts as they see fit, since you haven’t arrived yet to your allotted place[c] that the Lord your God is about to give you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:7 Lit. hand
  2. Deuteronomy 12:7 Lit. the Lord
  3. Deuteronomy 12:9 Lit. allotted resting place and inheritance

There, in the presence(A) of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice(B) in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,(C) since you have not yet reached the resting place(D) and the inheritance(E) the Lord your God is giving you.

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